Good Eats, A Treasury of Favorite Recipes


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TOFFEE LACE CUPS  
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stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter  
/3 cup brown sugar (3 1/2 ounces by weight)  
fluid ounces dark corn syrup (5 1/2 ounces by weight)  
Pinch of kosher salt  
Juice of a quarter lemon  
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cup flour (4 1/2 ounces by weight)  
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) Combine all ingredients except flour in a small, heavy saucepan over med−high heat.  
) Bring to a boil, stirring often. Once mixture is at a boil, stir constantly for 2 minutes.  
) Remove from heat and sift in flour a little at a time, stirring to combine each addition  
before adding the next.  
) Cool to room temperature or refrigerate for later use. (If refrigerated, allow mixture to  
come up to room temperature before cooking.)  
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) Heat oven to 350 degrees.  
) Cover a backing pan or cookie sheet with parchment paper and spoon out mixture with a  
metal soup spoon or a number 50 disher.  
) Cookies will spread out like crazy, so place dollops 6 to 8 inches apart. Bake 18 minutes  
or until deep mahogany brown.  
) To form into cups, use a metal spatula to transfer the hot candy disks to the bottoms of  
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inverted ramekins or custard cups. (Have a ramekin for each disk, or the disks will set  
before you can get through them all.)  
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) Work quickly and the disks will conform to the shape of the cups.  
0) Remove when cool and store wrapped with paper towel inside resealable plastic bags.  
Variation: While hot, disks can be cut into shapes with a pizza cutter and used as garnish  
for other desserts, or left flat and eaten like pralines.  
TOFFEE LACE CUPS  
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